Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Jul. 24, 2015

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column remarks on prevalence of economists trained at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in policy positions and in general policy discourse, which have supplanted dominance of economists from University of Chicago; identifies difference between two schools of thought; laments that intellectual success of MIT economics has not translated to policy success. MORE

Jun. 4, 2015

Huggable the teddy bear is a social robot prototype that is being tested at Boston Children's Hospital to see if it has therapeutic value for children who have long hospital stays; device, essentially a high-tech puppet, was developed at MIT's Media Lab. MORE

Apr. 3, 2015

Nonprofit online-learning venture EdX agrees to settlement with Justice Dept under which it will make 450 online courses accessible to blind and hard-of-hearing students; venture was formed by MIT and Harvard in 2012. MORE

Mar. 19, 2015

Paul Ha, List Visual Arts Center director at Massachusetts Institute of Technology who was instrumental in the appointment of performance artist Joan Jonas as United States artist representative at 2015 Venice Biennale, seeks to make art more prominent within primarily scientific environment. MORE

Feb. 13, 2015

Advocates for deaf file federal lawsuits against Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, alleging both universities failed to provide closed captioning in their online lectures, courses, podcasts and other educational materials; hold that lapses violated antidiscrimination laws protecting the deaf. MORE

Dec. 10, 2014

Massachusetts Institute of Technology revokes retired Prof Walter Lewin's status as professor emeritus and removes his course materials from school's web-based curriculum offerings after determining that he had engaged in online sexual harassment. MORE

Nov. 28, 2014

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s football team, to the surprise of many who see school's core strength in its academic program, is 10-0 and in second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs. MORE

Oct. 28, 2014

Massachusetts Institute of Technology reveals that among undergraduates who replied to an unusually in-depth survey, at least 17 percent of women and 5 percent of men said they had been sexually assaulted; surveys of such a detailed nature were among steps proposed by both an Obama administration task force and a bipartisan group of United States senators. MORE

Aug. 2, 2014

Op-Ed article by Prof Michel DeGraff and MIT educational technology consultant Molly Ruggles argues that Haitian children face unnecessary barriers to education because they are forced to learn in formal French rather than in their native Creole dialect; contends that rule has contributed to nation's extreme poverty; hails collaboration between Haiti and MIT that has produced a collection of Creole educational resources. MORE

Mar. 16, 2014

Team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab is collecting and analyzing data on cultural production from 4,000 BC to 2010, dubbed the Pantheon project, establishing a catalog of fame. MORE

Sep. 15, 2013

Laura Pappano article profiles Battushig Myanganbayar, Mongolian high school student and electrical engineering whiz who earned highest score in sophomore-level online electronics class at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; his success shows that schools can use Massive Open Online Course, or MOOCs, to find exceptional students all over the globe. MORE

Aug. 18, 2013

Opera of the Future, an MIT Media Lab project run by media and music professor Tod Machover, explores better sounds through technology. MORE

Jul. 31, 2013

Long-awaited report from Massachusetts Institute of Technology finds that university made mistakes but engaged in no wrongdoing in case of Aaron Schwartz, renowned programmer and technology activist who committed suicide while facing federal trial on charges of hacking into MIT computer network. MORE

May. 21, 2013

Essay The Machine Age, written in 1949 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology mathematician Norbert Weiner, was years ahead of its time in raising questions about impact of smart machines on society; unpublished essay languished in MIT's archives for decades. MORE

Mar. 20, 2013

Massachusetts Institute of Technology will release documents related to case against Aaron Swartz, Internet activist who committed suicide after being charged with illegally downloading academic articles from university's computer network. MORE

Feb. 25, 2013

The prospect of a “data-driven society” was the subject of a gathering last Thursday at the M.I.T. Media Lab — the implications, the concerns and the unknowns. For example, the most important data that is becoming available on a vast new scale is information about people’s behavior: the social and economic connections among individuals. MORE

Jan. 21, 2013

Massachusetts Institute of Technology's decision to treat person illegally downloading content as continuing crime rather than security threat led to Justice Department charging intruder, later identified as open access advocate Aaron Swartz, with computer and wire fraud; Swartz, who faced lengthy prison term, has since died of apparent suicide; many say that MIT may have violated wiretapping statutes by providing evidence to government without a warrant. MORE

Nov. 25, 2012

Dr Robert Langer’s research lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is on front lines of turning discoveries into drugs and drug delivery systems; his Langer Lab has spun out companies since 1980s whose products treat various diseases; he has 811 patents, issued or pending, to his name. MORE

Nov. 15, 2012

Massachusetts Institute of Technology will begin its college basketball season as the highest ranked Division III team in the nation, following a 29-2 performance last season. MORE

Jul. 20, 2012

Anant Agarwal, president of the new Harvard-MIT partnership called edX that will offer free online courses with a certificate of completion, describes massive open online courses, or MOOCs. MORE

May. 17, 2012

MIT chooses provost L Rafael Reif, an electrical engineer, as its new president. MORE

May. 3, 2012

Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announce nonprofit partnership, known as edX, to offer free online courses from both universities; program will compete with similar partnership between Stanford, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan. MORE

Mar. 29, 2012

Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Jonathan Gruber helped persuade the Obama administration that everyone should be required to get health insurance; has spent decades modeling the intricacies of the health care system and is pessimistic over its future if the Supreme Court rules against the mandate in Obama's health care reform law. MORE

Feb. 17, 2012

Susan Hockfield, the first woman and the first life scientist to serve as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, announces that she plans to resign but will serve until the next president takes office. MORE

Jan. 3, 2012

Profile of Dr Eric Lander, founder of the Broad Institute at Harvard and MIT, which was largely financed by billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad; Lander had envisioned research institution that would combine MIT's excellence in research, science and technology with Harvard's medical prowess. MORE

Dec. 19, 2011

Massachusetts Institute of Technology will announce a new program allowing anyone anywhere to take MIT courses online free of charge and, for the first time, earn official certificates for demonstrating mastery of the subjects taught; program will offer students access to online laboratories, self-assessments and student-to-student discussions; educators at other universities applaud move. MORE

Oct. 27, 2011

Satto Tonegawa, freshman at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, whose father Susumu Tonegawa is a Nobel-winning scientist on the faculty, is found dead in his dormitory room; death is under investigation but officials say there is no indication of foul play. MORE

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